School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences Research Centre, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;67(4):369-375. doi: 10.1177/0020764020954886. Epub 2020 Sep 10.
Having a proper approach to depression requires having sufficient depressive literacy in the affected person.
This study aimed to evaluate the level of depression literacy among hospital staff affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) and to reveal the risk factors and knowledge gaps.
This was a cross-sectional study with 760 participants from university hospital staff at IUMS who were selected by a census method from April 2018 to December 2018. The data regarding depression signs and symptoms, anti-depressant drugs safety, non-medical treatment efficacy, etc. were collected using the Depression Literacy Questionnaire (D-Lit-22) and were analysed by SPSS-20, using the Pearson correlation coefficient, independent Samples -test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) ( ⩽ .05).
The mean age of participants was 35.33 ± 8.00 years old and 77.6% of them were female. The mean of the total score of depression literacy was 11.62 ± 3.53. Depression Literacy score was significantly higher in those with higher education levels, female gender and clinical staff ( < .001). The inability to distinguish depression from other mental disorders as well as having wrong beliefs about suitable treatment approaches were the most considerable gaps in depression literacy.
Male gender, low level of academic education and working in non-medical wards are the main factors associated with lower depression literacy in our studied sample. The poor differentiation of depression and wrong beliefs in depression treatment modalities were the largest gaps which require more educational programmes.
正确对待抑郁症需要患者具备足够的抑郁素养。
本研究旨在评估伊斯法罕医科大学（IUMS）附属医院工作人员的抑郁素养水平，并揭示相关的风险因素和知识差距。
这是一项横断面研究，共纳入了 760 名 IUMS 附属医院工作人员，采用整群抽样法，于 2018 年 4 月至 2018 年 12 月进行调查。采用抑郁素养问卷（D-Lit-22）收集抑郁症状、抗抑郁药物安全性、非药物治疗效果等相关数据，并使用 SPSS-20 进行分析，采用 Pearson 相关系数、独立样本 t 检验和方差分析（ANOVA）（ ⩽.05）。
参与者的平均年龄为 35.33 ± 8.00 岁，其中 77.6%为女性。抑郁素养的总分为 11.62 ± 3.53。文化程度较高、女性和临床工作人员的抑郁素养评分显著更高（ ⩽.001）。无法将抑郁与其他精神障碍区分开来，以及对合适的治疗方法存在错误的信念，是抑郁素养中最大的差距。
在我们的研究样本中，男性、较低的学术教育水平和在非医疗病房工作是与抑郁素养较低相关的主要因素。对抑郁的区分较差和对抑郁治疗方式的错误信念是最大的差距，需要更多的教育计划。
